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orf

(n.)
Grammar
orf, es; n.

Cattle, live stock

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nam him on orfe and on mannum and on ǽhtum swá him gewearþ, 1052; Erl. 183, 22. hæfde on orfe micele ǽhte fuerunt ei oves et boves, Gen. 12, 16. Ǽlces cynnes orf animantia diversi generis, Ex. 12, 38.

þeówian

(v.)
Grammar
þeówian, p. ode.
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Gif ðú þeów bigst, þeówie six gér and beó him freoh on ðam seofoðan, Ex. 21, 2. Gilde , þeówige whether he pay or serve (as a slave), L.

Linked entries: þeáwian þeówan

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.

tó-cwísan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-cwísan, p. de

To shatter,break to pieces,crush,bruise

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Ofer ðæne ðe fylþ tócwýst (comminuet), Lk. Skt. 20, 18. Tócwiésð, Ps. Lamb. 28, 6. tócwýseþ heáfdu conquassabit capita, 109, 6. Gimstánas tócwýsan. Homl. Th. i. 60, 24.

ge-wildan

Grammar
ge-wildan, Take here <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict., in which dele passage from Nar. 2, 1, and add
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him tó þeówdóme gewylde ealle Ispanie, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 31. gewyldon tó þǽre ylcan stíðnysse they subjected themselves to the same austerity, Hml. S. 31, 336.

hírsumian

(v.)

to obeyto obeyto obeya feelingdesirean impulseto serveto serve God

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him Perse þæt hié hæfden iii winter sibbe wiþ hié (rex Persarum quiescere in pace Graeciam praecepit) ...

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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siredon hié tótwǽman mehten Romani dolo divisere hostes, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 7. Hié eft tótwǽmde wǽron, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 20. Loth férde fram eástdǽle, and hig wurdon tótwǽmede (divisi sunt) heora ǽgðer fram his bréðer, Gen. 13, 11.

æ-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
æ-mód, adj. [æ without, mód mind]

Out of mindmaddismayeddiscouragedamens

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Out of mind, mad, dismayed, discouraged; amens Forðam Rómáne wǽron swá æmóde, ðæt ne wéndon ðæt ða burh bewérian mihton because the Romans were so out of heart, they thought that they could not guard the city, Ors. 3, 4; Bos. 56, 12

un-weorþscipe

(n.)
Grammar
un-weorþscipe, es; m.

dishonourdisgraceindignation

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dishonour, disgrace Hweþer ðú nú mæge ongitan micelne unweorþscipe se anwald brengþ ðam unmedeman? videsne quantum malis dedecus adjiciant dignitates?

be-tyllan

(v.)
Grammar
be-tyllan, p. de

To luredecoy

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To lure, decoy Þá gelǽdde here in Peohtas, þá gelíccetton fleám for him, and hine betyldon (-tilldon, -telldon v. ll. ) on nearo fasten cum exercitum ad uastandam Pictorum prouinciam duxisset, iniroductus est, simulantibus fugam hostibus, in angustias

Linked entry: be-tilldon

ge-inseglian

(v.)
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þæt fæt myd hys hringe geinseglode, Hml. A. 190, 253. ðá ðrúh geinnseglodon ( signanles lapidem, Mt. 27, 66), Hml. Th. ii. 262, 11. Seó teág wæs geinsæglod mid twám sylfrenan insæglan, Hml. S. 23, 756. Geinseigled armatam, i. signatam, An.

rǽdlíce

(adv.)
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Th. ii. 258, 26. advisably Beþence gehwá hine sylfne, and him rǽdlícost sý tó dónne, Wlfst. 305, 34

Rómáne

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Þá gesáwon hié Rómáne scipa on ðǽm sǽ irnan, 4, 1; S. 154, 4. Rómáno scipa, S. 3, 23. Rómáno (o altered to e) æfterre gewinn and Punica wearð geendod, 4, 35. Add

wǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
wǽlan, p. de

To vextormentafflict

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To vex, torment, afflict Ðæt his líchoman leng ne móstan wítum wǽlan. Exon. Th. 127, 34; Gú. 396. Dogter mín is yfle from deófle wǽled filia mea male a daemonio vexatur, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15, 22. is yfle wǽlid male torquetur, 8, 6

Linked entry: ge-wǽlan

ge-cnáwan

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Add: to recognize, identify an object Mid ðám þe ꝥ mód wiþ his bewende, ðá gecneów hit swíþe sweotele his ágne módor, Bt. 3, 1; F. 4, 29. Eft hine gecneów óðer þínen, Mk. 14, 69. Beheóld and gecneów be hyre wlite, Hml. S. 30, 363.

settan

(v.)
Grammar
settan, p. sette; pp. seted, set[t] (
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ðá nó ða studu úton tó ðam wáge tó fultume ne setton, ac heó on ða cyricean setton, 3, 17; S. 544, 37. Hié setton hié æt ðære byrgenne dura. Blickl. Homl. 155, 8. Ðá bebyrged wæs, hié settan him hyrdas tó, 177, 26.

Linked entry: on-settan

on-wreón

(v.)

to uncover, discloseto uncover, open, remove a coveringto make known, shew forth, reveal, discoverto shew the (hidden) meaning of anything, to explainto shew, display so as to avoid concealmentto display what is bad, to exposeto reveal

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Onwreón ða duru ðæs geteldes, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 14. figurative, to make known, shew forth, reveal, discover Heó onwríhþ hire ǽwelm, donne heó geopenaþ hiore þeáwas, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 25. his miltse onwreáh, Blickl. Homl. 107, 20.

þrowian

(v.)
Grammar
þrowian, (þrówian?), þreowian (þreówian?); p. ode

To sufferto suffer as opposed to to actto suffer what is painfulto suffer martyrdomto make to sufferto crucifyto suffer for somethingpay foratone for

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His mæssepreóst þreowude mid him, Shrn. 124, 1. Þrowedon agonizarunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 6. Þreowedan, 81, 50. Drihten wolde cuman tó ðære stówe ðe on þrowian wolde, Blickl. Homl. 15, 5. wolde þrowian for ealra manna hǽle, 65, 32: 77, 13.

Linked entry: a-þrówian

ge-witnes

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Gyf se landman ǽniges fácnes gewita sý, þonne sý wítes scyldig, búton hine þǽre gewitnesse geládie, 354, 27. Gif hwá stalie swá his wíf nyte and his bearn. . . . Gif stalie on gewitnesse ealles his hírédes, 106, 16.

ge-neálǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-neálǽcan, -lǽcean; p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht

To approach, draw near, adhere

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He him geneálǽhte he drew near to him, Blickl. Homl. 15, 24: 67, 2. Geneáhlǽhte adhæsit, Ps. Spl. C. 101, 6. Me geneálǽhton me appropinquaverunt, Ps. Spl. 37, 11. geneálæhton acceleraverunt, Ps. Lamb. 15, 4.